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SXUS99 KDSM 282339 CCA
RERDSM

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
539 PM CST SAT DEC 28 2002

             ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR ESTHERVILLE...

A STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OF WINDS PUSHED TEMPERATURES UP TO 
RECORD LEVELS OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. HOWEVER...RECORD HIGH 
TEMPERATURES OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL IOWA WERE NOT ECLIPSED 
AS READINGS FOR THIS DATE WERE QUITE HIGH.

CITY                    NEW RECORD AND TIME     OLD RECORD AND DATE

ESTHERVILLE              55 AT 148 PM           45 SET IN 1984


ADDITIONAL RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY BE SET ON SUNDAY AS READINGS 
ARE EXPECTED TO ONCE AGAIN CLIMB INTO THE 50S...AND MAY EVEN APPROACH 
60 OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA.

BARLOW/DMX